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Is This What Rock Bottom Looks Like?

Let me try to put a positive spin on a super-depressing graph. From the blog Calculated Risk, the graph above shows the high and low unemployment rates from each state since 1976, along with a red line for the current jobless rate. Yes, we're living in the most depressed Florida in at least 34 years!

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The data come from this report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It finds that of the 50 states, Florida posted the third-highest rate of job losses in January 2010, as well as the third-highest rate of job losses since January 2009.